Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-03-23
PORT ROYALS DREAM.
Vanderbilt Not Yet Owner of the
Town or Anything in Ii.


PORT ROYAL, March 21.-The golden
birds have fled. Mr.. Vanderbilt, the
multi-millionaire, is now breasting
tolerably stiff gale on the Atlantic ocean
In the AlyR, while Mrs. Vanderbilt, the
multi-millIonairess and her corps Of mil
hOnaire friends and guests are comforta-
bly, sleeping in the Vanderbilt palace car
somewhere between Weldon and Rich
mond, travelling homeward to the home
nest OF the multi-mlllionaires at the rate
OF forty miles an hour. The visit OF so
much wealth and power, however, has
enVeloped this once great seaport ia ro-
seate hue such as was never seen since
old Peter Papin built ton paper The
people are In pleasant iutter Of expec-
tation and longing for some indetinable,
unknown, unimaged boom, aud no
amount OF cold facts or figures can possi-
bly, disillusion them.
ALL IN THE DARK.
The MORNING NEWS correspondent
reached here about 8 O'Clock last night,
and as the facilities for lighting the city
OF the future are the least bit crude, and
navigation through the streets somewhat
difficult il not absolutely dangerous to
stranger after dark, he has not been able
as yet to get at the true Inv ardness OF the
Vanderbilt visit. But you don't have to
come TO Port Royal to hear about the
Vanderbilt boom. 1t is waited in all
directions on the breeze, and even as you
step off the lightning express at
Gemassee and embark on the Port
Royal road you catch 1t. Before the
train started for Port Royal l heard OF
Vanderbilt. AT the next station had
heard that it was impossible for heavy
draught steamers to approach within 10
miles OF the city OF Savannah. Another
station further on was told that the
water on Charleston bar had shoaled
feet or more within the past year, and
hat the jetties were abandoned.
ALL SORTS OF RUMORs.
Next | heard that Mr.. Vanderbilt had
his eye and his money bags on Port Royal
and on the Baltimore and OHIO railroad,
and finally as the train reached its destin-
alton and | caught a glimpse of tine
grain elevator and the cotton compress
outlined IL dismal shadows on the 30 feet
deep stream that washes the piers on
which these structures are built, | was
informed that the thing had been accom-
plished and that old Peter Papin's dream
was about to be realized. Concern
Ing ell these things due inquiry shall
be made and the result transmitted to
the MORNING NEWS. The cold facts that
l have been able 10 gather this morning
were pretty well covered in the special
dispatches published. the Alva reached
here yesterday. Her owner, Mr.. Wander
bilt, came ashore after breakfast and re-
NAMED on shore few moments.
VERY BRIEF.
He was interviewed by a correspondent
and said: "Hum! Nice situation; good
place. Good morning." and then went
aboard his yacht. Later in the day Mrs.
Vanderbilt and the young milllonaires
and multi-millionaires were rowed ashore,
placed on their travelling land palace and
whirled away to Beaufort, where, as
Humphrey Clinker would say, they
lay that night In the morning
they were switched on TO No. 43
and went whizzing NOrthward, not deign-
ing even to stop and admire the jassa-
mines at the junction. Having seen his
family off the Commodore was rowed
aboard of the travelling sea palace, and at
once proceeded on his voyage to New
York. | don't think the Commodore rel
lshed the odor OF ammoniated phosphate
which pervades the town. which
may account for his rapid departure,
but tnls is only an opinion. At the pres
ent writing it may be stated as fact To at
he has not yet built city, nor purchased
the elevator or the cotton compress, or
sent a feet OF heavy draft ocean steam
ships here, or bought up the Baltimore
and Ohio, or the Georgia Central, or any
other system, or even town lot In spite
of which the plucky little town has its
boom and everybody is happy.